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Community Action and Social Justice Coalition
Sep 17, 2012, 1:04:34 AM9/17/12
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Yo kids! It's the weekly CASJ, your list of rad social justice events and important issues at AU and around DC! Don't forget to come to the Social Justice Fair this Tuesday on the Quad from 11-2!!
Hello and welcome to our listserv, if you were just recently added from the Student Activities fair, how fun and exciting!
First, as long as we have your attention, we just wanted to remind you that CASJ collective meetings are open to all, and we're looking for new members so please everyone is welcome to find out how they can take on more responsibility in the activist community at AU, and people of all backgrounds/experiences/etc are encouraged, we love new ideas and perspectives.
Have a sweet and happy Rosh Hashana to any and all! Find the schedule for Reform and Conservative services here.
MONDAY
1 year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street-Stay safe comrades!
Here's a fun link about that 8 Ways to Stay Safe at Occupy Wall Street's One-Year Anniversary Protests
Intersections: The Afrolatina Connection
MGC 200 5:30
To kickoff Latino Heritage Month, the Center for Diversity & Inclusion and Multicultural Affairs Department of Women’s Initiative will be launching “Intersections,” a new dialogue program sponsored by CDI that will roll out for each heritage and history month. This Monday, our first discussion topic will be “The Afrolatino Connection.” Latina representation in the United States has been almost void of Afrolatina presence. This results in the misconception that black and Latin@ identity is mutually exclusive when in reality they are often one in the same. The purpose of this dialogue is to uncover the misconceptions of the Afrolatina experience in the United States and to honor the intersections of both identities. We will explore questions such as: Who is black? Who is Latino? What is Afrolatina?
https://www.facebook.com/events/441977092508333/
TUESDAY
CASJ Social Justice Fair on le Quad 11-2
Come on down to CASJ's social justice fair on September 18 from 11-2 on the quad. It's a great way to get involved in the campus activism community!
If your club wants to get involved just talk to Ben Johnson or send us an email at ca...@american.edu Also there will be a drum circle and tie dye so BYO white tee (sweatshop free)
https://www.facebook.com/events/524535150893876/
Students for Justice in Palestine Weekly Meeting
6:30 Battelle Atrium
WEDNESDAY
Tom Hayden: Participatory Democracy then and Now
Butler Boardroom 6:30-8
https://www.facebook.com/events/420054454720816/
Tears of Gaza screening by Students for Justice in Palestine
SIS Founder's Room 7pm
In a rough style, by way of unique footage, the brutal consequences of modern wars are exposed. The film also depicts the ability of women and children to handle their everyday life after a dramatic war experience. Many of them live in tents or in ruins without walls or roofs. They are all in need of money, food, water and electricity. Others have lost family members, or are left with seriously injured children. Can war solve conflicts or create peace? The film follows three children through the war and the period after the ceasefire.
https://www.facebook.com/events/494305373916002/
Student Worker Alliance General Meeting 9pm
Location TBA
THURSDAY
Student Perspectives on Occupy: Corporatization and Debt
Katzen 5pm
AU Students Mana Aliabadi, Leo Zausen and Ethan Miller will be talking about how the issues addressed by the occupy movement specifically relate to students. With student debt at an all time high, they will address how the increasing dominance of corporations has affected the lives of students and everyone who is part of a university community.
https://www.facebook.com/events/403939749661498/
Eco-Sense Weekly Meeting 8pm
Location TBA
FRIDAY
engage in some self-care and much needed rest! avoiding burnout is important!
SATURDAY
Smash Racism
Lincoln Park, 13th & Massachusetts Ave. SE, Washington, DC 12pm
On September 22nd, several white supremacist groups will swarm the nation's capitol in an attempt to march to Union Square near the reflecting pool on the National Mall. They claim it's in support of whites suffering a supposed 'genocide' of in South Africa, but we know it's a thinly veiled ruse to build sympathy for their cynical vision of an authoritarian, white nationalist state.
Join us to say no to racism, no to Nazis, and no to the Klan.
https://www.facebook.com/events/157632814360322/
SUNDAY
Coalition of AU Students General Assembly
MGC Corner Lounge 2pm
Also other dates to keep in mind:
First CASJ coalition meeting of the semester will be Wednesday, Sept 26 @ 8 in TBA
Table Talk Series Student Debt: A Borrowed Future Tuesday, Sept 27 in Kay Spiritual Center
solidarity forever!
-casj
--
Rachel Mandelbaum
Environmental Studies & International Studies
American University 2013
First, as long as we have your attention, we just wanted to remind you that CASJ collective meetings are open to all, and we're looking for new members so please everyone is welcome to find out how they can take on more responsibility in the activist community at AU, and people of all backgrounds/experiences/etc are encouraged, we love new ideas and perspectives.
Have a sweet and happy Rosh Hashana to any and all! Find the schedule for Reform and Conservative services here.
MONDAY
1 year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street-Stay safe comrades!
Here's a fun link about that 8 Ways to Stay Safe at Occupy Wall Street's One-Year Anniversary Protests
Intersections: The Afrolatina Connection
MGC 200 5:30
To kickoff Latino Heritage Month, the Center for Diversity & Inclusion and Multicultural Affairs Department of Women’s Initiative will be launching “Intersections,” a new dialogue program sponsored by CDI that will roll out for each heritage and history month. This Monday, our first discussion topic will be “The Afrolatino Connection.” Latina representation in the United States has been almost void of Afrolatina presence. This results in the misconception that black and Latin@ identity is mutually exclusive when in reality they are often one in the same. The purpose of this dialogue is to uncover the misconceptions of the Afrolatina experience in the United States and to honor the intersections of both identities. We will explore questions such as: Who is black? Who is Latino? What is Afrolatina?
https://www.facebook.com/events/441977092508333/
TUESDAY
CASJ Social Justice Fair on le Quad 11-2
Come on down to CASJ's social justice fair on September 18 from 11-2 on the quad. It's a great way to get involved in the campus activism community!
If your club wants to get involved just talk to Ben Johnson or send us an email at ca...@american.edu Also there will be a drum circle and tie dye so BYO white tee (sweatshop free)
https://www.facebook.com/events/524535150893876/
Students for Justice in Palestine Weekly Meeting
6:30 Battelle Atrium
WEDNESDAY
Tom Hayden: Participatory Democracy then and Now
Butler Boardroom 6:30-8
https://www.facebook.com/events/420054454720816/
Tears of Gaza screening by Students for Justice in Palestine
SIS Founder's Room 7pm
In a rough style, by way of unique footage, the brutal consequences of modern wars are exposed. The film also depicts the ability of women and children to handle their everyday life after a dramatic war experience. Many of them live in tents or in ruins without walls or roofs. They are all in need of money, food, water and electricity. Others have lost family members, or are left with seriously injured children. Can war solve conflicts or create peace? The film follows three children through the war and the period after the ceasefire.
https://www.facebook.com/events/494305373916002/
Student Worker Alliance General Meeting 9pm
Location TBA
THURSDAY
Student Perspectives on Occupy: Corporatization and Debt
Katzen 5pm
AU Students Mana Aliabadi, Leo Zausen and Ethan Miller will be talking about how the issues addressed by the occupy movement specifically relate to students. With student debt at an all time high, they will address how the increasing dominance of corporations has affected the lives of students and everyone who is part of a university community.
https://www.facebook.com/events/403939749661498/
Eco-Sense Weekly Meeting 8pm
Location TBA
FRIDAY
engage in some self-care and much needed rest! avoiding burnout is important!
SATURDAY
Smash Racism
Lincoln Park, 13th & Massachusetts Ave. SE, Washington, DC 12pm
On September 22nd, several white supremacist groups will swarm the nation's capitol in an attempt to march to Union Square near the reflecting pool on the National Mall. They claim it's in support of whites suffering a supposed 'genocide' of in South Africa, but we know it's a thinly veiled ruse to build sympathy for their cynical vision of an authoritarian, white nationalist state.
Join us to say no to racism, no to Nazis, and no to the Klan.
https://www.facebook.com/events/157632814360322/
SUNDAY
Coalition of AU Students General Assembly
MGC Corner Lounge 2pm
Also other dates to keep in mind:
First CASJ coalition meeting of the semester will be Wednesday, Sept 26 @ 8 in TBA
Table Talk Series Student Debt: A Borrowed Future Tuesday, Sept 27 in Kay Spiritual Center
solidarity forever!
-casj
--
Rachel Mandelbaum
Environmental Studies & International Studies
American University 2013
Community Action & Social Justice Coalition
http://www.aucasj.org/
Kay Spiritual Life Center
4400 Mass. Ave, NW
WDC 20016
Phone: 202 885 3333
Fax: 202 885 3317
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